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HERE 'N
THERE
The Lyerly Methodist Church,
will be the scene at 7:30 p. m.)
Sunday of the third quarterly j
meeting of the Lyerly charge, it:
was disclosed this week by the
Rev. Loran Parker, Pastor.
The regular meeting of Trion
Lodge No. 160 F. and A. M. will
be held at 7:30 p. m. Saturday,
Feb. 12.
All qualified Masons are in
vited.
The Trion Golf and Fishing
Club is sponsoring a Valentine
Dance at the Community Center
gymnasium at 9 p. m. Friday.
Roland Gray and his orchestra
will play, featuring Nina New
some in popular hit songs.
Alumnae of the Georgia State
College for Women who plan to
attend the Georgia Education
Association meeting in Macon on
March 11 are invited to make
reservations for the GS C W
luncheon there that day. It will
be held at the Hotel Dempsey at
12:30 p. m. Friday, March 11.
Reservations must be made be
fore March 9 with Miss Sara
Bethel, alumnae secretary at
GSCW.
CHATTOOGA TO GET
MORE ELECTRIC LINES
Rural electric service in the
Rome Division of the Georgia
Power Comuany has been doubl
ed since the end of World War
11, J. J. McDonough, vice presi
dent, said today. The Rome Di
vision comprises 19 counties of
Northwest Georgia.
Before the war, the power
company had approximately 1,-
200 miles of rural lines in opera
tion in this area. Today, the fig
ure is 2,400 miles. The number of
customers served by these lines
has increased from 9,000 to 16,-
000.
An additional 250 miles of
rural lines will be constructed
during 1949, M” McDonough
said, to serve 1,250 customers.
One-third of the new lines are
already under construction. The
largest part of the 1949 program
will be concentrated in Floyd,
Dade, Polk, Bartow and Chat
tooga counties.
JAMES PURCELL
PASSES FRIDAY
James (Jiggs) Purcell, 40, of
Trion died in a local hospital
at 3:15 p. m. Wednesday.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ocie Lowrance Purcell, Trion;
mother, Mrs. Maggie Purcell, La-
Fayette; a nephew, Glenn Low
rance, who had made his home
with him since infancy; three
sisters, Mrs. Eunice Smith, Mrs.
Alice Noles, LaFayette, and Mrs.
Ruth O’Neal, Chattanooga; and
two brothers, Romie and William
Purcell, of LaFayette.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Friday at the Church of
Christ, Trion. Ministers J. Farris
Baird, G. H. Godfrey and A. N.
White officiated.
Pallbearers were: Clarence
Minor, Eugene Wilbanks, Horace
Simmons, Troy Hix, Carl Grimes
and Homer Simmons. Interment
in the Trion Cemetery. Arrange
ments were by J. Avery Bryan
Company.
S. H. S. Has Good
Hardwood Record
By Bob Baker
Coach Brooke Pierce’s Sum
merville Indians end their cur
rent basketball season against
the McHenry Cardinals, Friday
night at Sturdivant Gymnasium.
Game time is set for 7:30.
The Indians have had a good
season, having unproved much
since the first of the season.
Summerville opened the season
against McHenry losing both
games, and the red and black
will be out to avenge that loss
Friday night.
Let’s have a look at Summer
ville’s record. During the past
season the lassies from S. H. S.
have played 17 games and of
these they have won 13. They
have racked up a total of 663
points compared to 608 for the
opposition. Pat Tedder, Barbara
Cash, and Carlene Woods led
the attacks, scoring 629 points
between the three. Jean Duff,
Mary Linda Powell and Kathrine
Koonce did a very fine job at
guard. The girls had a total of
187 fouls called on them for the
season, with the opposition com
mitting a total of 231 fouls. The
S. H. S. girls are to be commend
ed for the fine spirit in which
they played. Though the com
bined efforts of each player and
Nfws
VOL. 64, NO. 8
A. A. FARRAR IS
LOCAL EASTER SEAL
SALE CHAIRMAN
A. A. Farrar, of Summerville,
has been appointed Chattooga
County Chairman for the annual
Easter Seal Sale, according to
announcement made by Shack
Wimbish, of Rome, chairman of
the Rome District.
The appointment was an
nounced following a meeting
held Sunday in Atlanta by the
state Planning Council composed
of F. B. Casey of Brunswick, Tom
Glover of Newman, Judge Frank
Hooper of Atlanta, and Shack B.
Wimbish of Rome. The Council
met with Mills B. Lane, Jr., wide
ly known banker who will serve
as state chairman, John A.
Sibley, Board Chairman of The
Trust Company of Georgia, and
J. Clayton Burke, Campaign Di
rector.
Plans were laid for the open
ing of the campaign on March
17. It will continue for a month,
ending on Easter Sunday, April
17, and will be part of a nation
wide effort sponsored by the Na
tional Society for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults, Inc., of which
The Crippled Children of Georg
ia is a part.
“The seals are a symbol of
hope to thousands,” said Mr.
Lane of the approaching drive.
“Only through the support of
neople all over the state of
G e o r g ia ’ s 40,000 handicapped
children be restored to useful,
self-sufficient lives.”
Mr. Lane added that there was
no duplication by any other
agency, either public or private,
of the work done by The Crippled
Children League at Aidmore, in
Atlanta, and at the clinics held
over the year throughout the
state.
INDIAN CHAMPS
TO PLAY LYERLY
What is expected to be one of
most interesting games of the
season is planned by Coach
Harris Edwards’ Lyerly Inde
pendent Five and the Sioux In
dians, the champion Indian
team of the world. The game will
start at 8:15 p. m. Saturday on
the Lyerly court.
The Indians are known far and
wide for their fancy passing and
ball handling and the locals
have racked up quite a record
for themselves in this section
during the season.
In a game with the Cleveland,
Tenn., team at Lyerly last Sat
urday night, the local team lost
to their guests, the score being
67-58. Willard Jackson led his
team, shooting 21 of their points.
DeWeese paced the Tennesseans
with 16 points to his credit.
INCOME TAX
The internal revenue repre
sentatives will be in Chattooga
County on March 1-4, for the
purpose of assisting taxpayers in
preparation of their 1948 income
tax returns.
On March 1-2, they will be in
Summerville, and on March 3-4,
they will be in Trion. Office
hours are from 8:30 a. m. to 5
p. m.
Every person who had a total
income in 1948 of S6OO, or more,
is required to file a return.
Coach Pierce, the games as a
whole were clean fought.
Now for a quick look at the
boy’s record. Bobby Bush led the
scoring for the Summerville
boy’s, having racked up a total of
222 points for the season. Bobby’s
older brother Jimmy, too honors
with 165 points for second place.
The complete team racked up a
total of 715 points, compared to
only 524 for the opposition.
Again, let us compliment
Coach Pierce on the good sports
manship of the boys. The In
dians committed a total of 172
fouls compared to 179 for the
opposition. High scores for each
games were nicely divided up be
tween the five on the starting
lineup, and between Tedder,
Cash and Woods in the girls de
partment.
The girls and boy’s from S. H.
S. combined the>r talents to rack
up a total of 1.378 points for the
season, having 1,132 points scor
ed against them.
Tuesday, Feb. 15th the S. H. S.
boy’s travel to Dalton to enter
the seventh district tournament
to play the LaFayete Ramblers
at 5 p. m. The following Tues
day, Feb. 22, the girls invade
Dalton, ready tn take on Laker
view, in the girls division of the
tournament, at 3 p. m.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949
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SAFE SCENE FOLLOWING ROBBER V—The McGinnis Drug Com
pany safe door and surrounding area is shown as it appeared
Thursday morning following the robbery of approximately SI,OOO
in cash and checks and S3OO of narcotics. Members of the sheriff’s
force declared the safe cracking was a pen and hammer job.
Berryton
Unionize
Workers at Berryton Mills,
Berryton, Monday chose the Tex
tile Workers Union of America,
CIO, as their collective bargain
ing representative in an election
conducted by the National Labor
Relations Board.
Official election figures given
by the NLRB showed that 134
employees voted for TWUA and
87 voted for no union.
This is the first organization of
textile workers in Chattooga
County.
Joseph D. Pedigo, manager of
TWUA northwest Georgia Joint
Board at Rome, declared “we be
lieve the TWUA victory at Berry
ton will prove to be the first of a
long series of victories for the
LAD DIES OF
GUNSHOT WOUND
Virgil M. Moore, 15, died at
6:45 p. m. Saturday of a gun
shot wound accidently inflicted
as he and a friend, Donald Waits,
cleaned their guns following a
hunting expedition.
The fatal accident occured on
the back porch of the Waits
home. He was immediately rush
ed to Little’s Clinic in an ambu
lance and first aid was admini
stered. He died enroute to Riegel
Community Hospital, Trion.
In addition to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dave J. Moore, of Sum
merville Route 3, Virgil is sur
vived by three brothers, James,
of Trion, Dave, of Summerville,
and Elbert of the U. S. Army,
stationed in Germany; five sis
ters, Mrs. Effie Franklin, of
Chattanooga, Mrs. Helen Dooley,
Mrs. Margaret Taylor, Misses
Virginia and Glenda Ann Moore,
all of Summerville.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Berryton Church of
God at 2 p. m. Monday with the
Rev. Earl White and Earley
Carson officiating. Interment
was in the Berryton Cemetery,
with the J. D. Hill Funeral Home
in charge.
0. A. Fletcher
Is Commended
Oscar Alonzo Fletcher, chief
torpedoman’s mate, of the U. S.
Navy, has been commended by
G. Macri, Lieutenant Command
er, U. S. N„ for his work in de
velopment of a hydraulic tow
reel mechanism for use in the
TBM aricraft.
In commending Mr. Fletcher,
Commander Macri said that his
“valuable work in obtaining ex
perimental operating data and
your efforts to develop the me
chanism have been in keeping
with the high traditions of the
naval service and shall serve as
an inspiration to your shipmates.
“Accept my congratulations for
a job well done.”
Workers
Monday
textile workers of Georgia who
are seeking to protect themselves
by securing adequate representa
tion through a strong union. As
soon as the official certification
papers are issued by the Nation
al Labor Relations Board, we
will commence negotiations with
Berryton Mill representatives
upon the terms >f a collective
bargaining agreement covering
all employees.”
Pedigo revealed that the elec
tion at Berryton was the first in
which TWUA participated since
the recent announcement of an
intensified CIO organizational
campaign.
Company officials Tuesday de
clined to comment on the ClO’s
victory.
Oil Io B 3 Soughl
In Chattooga County
Field Geologists of at least
three oil companies are expected
to survey the northwest Georgia
area, including Chattooga Coun
ty, within the next 60 days for
wildcat oil and gas test drilling
sites, it was disclosed by John
A. Dietzen, of Dietzen and As
sociates, St. Elmo, promotors of
the project, last week.
He said that oil and gas leases
on more than 25,000 acres in
the northwest Georgia counties
of Walker, Dade, Catoosa and
Chattooga have been secured by
the promoters during the past
18 months.
C. W. Deming, of Atlanta, a
consultant for Dietzen and As
sociates and former chairman of
the Georgia oil and gas commiss
ion, conferred with Mississippi
oil men in Jackson last week on
test drilling surveys in this reg
ion. Dietzen said Deming was in
Tulsa this week for similiar talks.
The consultant, Dietzen said, in
formed the promoters that he
yxpected oil scout parties in this
area within the next two months,
and believed that at least three
companies would send geologists
for the survey.
Deming presented maps,
photos, shale and limestone
samples and geological reports
on northwest Georgia at the
Jackson conferences, it was stat
ed. In the four border counties —
Walker, Catoosa. Dade and Chat
tooga—selected for survey work,
four major geological faults form
a checkerboard pattern favorable
to oil and gas “traps.” Deming
related.
ROOMS, APARTMENTS
AVAILABLE
Several persons have listed
with the Chamber of Com
merce office, rooms and apart
ments in and around Summer
ville for rent, Mrs. Mary John
Fowler disclosed this week.
Those in this vicinity desir
ing living quarters may contact
the Chamber office on Wash
ington Avenue and secure more
details.
TWO OF THREE HELD HERE
CONFESS DRUG STORE ROBBERY
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YOUNGSTERS INVOLVED IN ROBBERY—Bobby Henderson, left
17, and Willis Heldon Breeders, right, 16, both of Rome, Route 1,
have confessed taking part in the robbery of McGinnis Drug Com
pany, in Summerville, Thursday night. Brent Stone. 27. of In
dianapolis, Ind., also has been arrested in connection with the rob
bery and is allegedly the owner of the tools with which the safe
was opened. He declined to be photographed.
Chamber of Commerce
Officials Meet Tuesday
Officers and directors of the
Chattooga County Chamber of
Commerce held a luncheon
meeting Tuesday afternoon at
Riegeldale Tavern, Trion.
Prior to the meeting, photo
graphs were made of the group.
The chief object of the meet
ing was to discuss publicity, both
for radio and newspapers. It was
pointed out that the Chamber
will be featured in one of the
series of stories planned by the
News on the various organiza
tions of the county.
The Chamber has contracted
for 13 radio programs, the first
of which has been broadcast. It
was decided that these broad-
GAME TO AID
MEMORIAL HOME
FUND DRIVE
The “Old Timers” basketball
team and the Community Center
boys will meet at 8 p. m. Wednes
day, Feb. 16 at the Trion Com
munity Center gym in a game
to aid the Veterans of Foreign
Wars drive to finish the Memor
ial Home.
Members of the teams will in
clude many well-known men who
were players of yesteryear.
ED FRIEND TO BE
HEARD BY LOCAL
CONSERVATION CLUB
Ed Friend, of Atlanta, Director
of Education and Information, of
the State Game and Fish Com
mission, will be the principal
speaker at the February meeting
of the Chattooga County Wild
life and Conservation Club at the
court house in Summerville at
7:30 p. m. Monday, Feb. 14, ac
cording to President W. H
Smith, of Lyerly.
Mr. Friend succeeds Dan Rain
ey on the game and fish post
and it will be his first appear
ance with the club. Mr. Friend
will bring along an interesting
movie of the state’s wildlife re
sources.
Membership dues are being re
newed and those w r ho have not
paid their 1949 dues are urged to
do so at once. Dues should be
sent to Harris Edwards, treasur
er, Lyerly, and new membership
cards will be sent.
Farm Meetings
Are Announced
Community farm meetings
have been announced for Sub
ligna, Menlo and Holland, the
purpose of which is to discuss
the year’s farm program and
organize a monthly farm meet
ing.
The meeting for Subligna will
be held at 7:30 o’clock tonight
(Thursday) at the school house.
Menlo’s meeting will be held in
the school house at 7:30 p. m.
Friday, and Holland’s colored
pomilation will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 17. at the school
house.
Miss Omie H Wiley, Home
Demonstration Agent. C. C.
Brooks. County Administration
Officer, and J B. Butler. County
Agent, will attend the meetings.
casts will be held monthly and
the publicity committee will meet
in the near future to plan de
tails of the program. Pennville
will -be featured in the next
broadcast and J. Leo Baker will
be in charge.
Fred Aldred, President, pre
sided over the meeting.
Others attending included J. T.
Morgan, Miss Beulah Shropshire,
E. C. Pesterfield. Mrs. Mary John
Fowler, J. B. Butler, D. L. Mc-
Whorter and Helen Toles.
C. B. Bricker, O. L. Cleckler,
Willis James, D. W. Copeland,
Mr. Baker, Marshall Lowry, B.
W. Farrar and Rodman K Eu
banks.
13 PLEAD GUILTY
TO MINOR CHARGES
IN COURT HERE
The February term of Chat
tooga Superior Court opened
Monday morning, with Judge H.
E. Nichols presiding.
During the first two days,
thirteen persons, held on minor
charges, had plead guilty and
their fines were set by Judge
Nichols.
Sam K. Edmondson plead
guilty to a speeding charge and
was fined SSO. including costs.
Ralph Glenn was fined $35, in
cluding cost, for public drunk
eness, and Holland E. Ward,
charged with driving while in
toxicated, was fined $75, includ
ing cost.
William Howard Mann, who
plead guilty to a charge of driv
ing while intoxicated, was fined
$75. including cost, and Thomas
J Waller, charged with public
drunkeness and possessing
whiskey, was fined only on the
first count the amount set at $35,
including cost. Dorothy Haggard
was put on probation after
pleading guilty to a vagrancy
charge.
E. C. Lowry, was fined $l5O for
driving while intoxicated. SSO for
speeding was given no fine for
possessing liquor. John L. Black,
nublic drunkeness, was ordered
to pay a $35 fine. Carl Marion
Fowler, held for reckless driving
and driving without a license,
was fined $2.50 on each count.
The fine for James W. Evans,
charged with possessing liquor
was set at $250. A fine of $35, in
cluding cost, was ordered for
Beniamin Echols, charged with
public drunkeness.
W. M. Angles was ordered to
pay a $35 fine, including cost,
public drunkeness, and John W.
Smilev. held for driving while
intoxicated, was fined $75. in
cluding costs.
Bnrryton Boy Scout*:
Ha ve Supper Saturday
The Berryton Boy Scouts had
a weiner supper Saturday night
at the clubhouse in Berryton.
Following the supper, which
was prepared by Sewell Kellett
and Hubert Wesson. Raymond
Dean sang several songs. A game
of bingo was played by the
Scouts, after which James L.
Wynn gave three recitals. They
included “American Bumb 1 e
Bee.” “The House Bv the Side
of the Road.” and “The Old
Glnpv Road.” w'hich is a negro
sermon.
: Growing With
J Chattooga
$1.50 A YEAR
An Indiana man and two teen
! age Rome boys are being held in
I the Chattooga County jail this
i week in connection with the
robbery of McGinnis Drug Com
pany in Summerville, early Fri
■ day morning.
Brent Stone, 27, of Indianapo
lis, Ind., has med on statement,
however Willis Heldon Bredden,
16, and Bobby Henderson, 17,
both of Rome Route 1, have con
fessed taking part in the robbery
in which approximately SI,OOO in
I cash and checks and S3OO in
narcotics were tal i n.
The men were / apprehended
i before noon Friday in Rome and
| lodged in the local jail that af
| ternoon.
The robbery took place be
j tween 12 midnight and 2 a. m.
j Friday, Deputy Sheriff Edmund
Kerce said, and w r as a pen and
j hammar job.
Archie Alexander, employed as
! a pharmacist at the drug store,
I discovered the cracked safe and
scattered papers when he re
j ported for work about 7 a. m.
i Friday.
The building had been enter
ed from one of two rear windows
and the glass was broken and
one of several iron bars had been
sawed in two to permit entrance.
An unidentified farmer at Ar
muchee, near Rome, turned in
a clue which touched off the
search when he notified Floyd
County officers that young Hen
derson spent the night in his
barn and left a large roll of
| money.
After picking up Henderson,
the youth identified Breeden as
another participant in the rob
bery and the two together furni
shed a description of Stone and
his automobile.
Stone offered no resistance
when apprehended in his yellow
1947 Buick convertible at Broad
Street and Sixth Avenue. Offi
cers found a blackjack as his
only weapon. A number of the
tools, two suitcases, gloves and
other belongings were found in
the automobile.
The trio was to have met at
5 p. m. Friday to split the money
and narcotics, it was reported.
Sheriff Reuben Lyons said
$9Ol and all the narcotics were
recovered.
Floyd County policemen Van
Brock and C. M. Caldwell, and
Rome City policemen Bill Ter
hune and Oscar Williams assist
ed Sheriff Lyons and Deputy
Sheriff Kerce in the capture.
MRS. HUGH ECHOLS
SUCCUMBS HERE
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Echols,
79, widow of the late Hugh
Echols, died at her residence,
i 409 S. Commerce Street at 4 p.
m. Wednesday, Feb. 2.
Mrs. Echols had been in de
clining health for several years,
but had not been confined to
bed until Tuesday night, when
double pneumonia developed.
She had been a resident of
j Chattooga County for the past
55 years, and was a former school
teacher, having moved here from
her birthplace in Cummings, at
! the time her father, the Rev.
Newton L. Tribble accepted the
pastorate of the Perennial
Springs Baptist Church, when
it was first organized. She was
the last surviving charter mem
ber of that church, having trans
ferred her membership to First
Baptist Church in Summerville
in 1923.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. E. B. Larkin, Dade City.
Fla and Mrs. Carlton L. Wheeler
Summerville: two sons, Ellis and
Hoke Echols, Summerville; one
grandson, Judson B. Garvin,
Dade City, Fla.; two brothers.
Dr. T. J. Tribble, Burlington, N.
C. and Marion L. Tribble, Mont
gomery. Ala., several nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the First Baptist
Church at 2 p. m. Friday, with
the Revs. C. P. Watson, a former
pastor, and Ira C. Frazier
and Jienrv Walker officiating.
Two of her favorite hymns.
[ “‘Asleep in Jesus” and “Rock of
Ages” were sung by the choir,
accompanied by Mrs. Duke Espy
at the piano. Interment in Per
ennial Springs Cemetery, with
J. D. Hill Funeral Home in
charge.
Active pallbearers were: How
ard Weems. Wilbur Elrod. John
Echols. . Riley Parham. W. O.
Freeman and Marvin Pullen.
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
H. D. Brown. Dr. R. N. Little, R.
S. McWhorter. Rev. T. J. Espy,
L. C. Turner. Tom Hill Selman,
Archie Alexander. J. L. McGinnis.
C C. Clechom. Duke Espy and
Wright Wheeler.